Letter: Fixed drug eruption caused by the japanese herbal drug kakkonto

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 13-

  Furuichi, Megumi ^a   Hara, Hiroshi ^a   Asano, Yukie ^a   Makino, Teruhiko ^a   Shimizu, Tadamichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAKKONTO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COMMON COLD; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FIXED DRUG ERUPTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; COMMON COLD; DRUG ERUPTIONS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, KAMPO; PAEONIA; PATCH TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 78650553772     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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